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27 <td>SMTP</td> 27 <td>SMTP</td>
28 <td><a href="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssmtp/">ssmtp</a> is an extremely simple MTA.</td> 28 <td><a href="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssmtp/">ssmtp</a> is an extremely simple MTA.</td>
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32 <td>Microperl</td>
33 <td><a href=http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol5_3/tpj0503-0003.html>microperl</a> is a small standalone perl interpreter that can be built from the perl sources via "make -f Makefile.micro". If you really feel the need for perl on an embedded system, this is where to start. (If you just want a small embedded
34scripting language to write _new_ code in,
35<a href=http://www.lua.org/pil/>Lua</a> seems popular for this purpose</a>.</td>
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39<p>In a gui environment, you'll probably want a web browser. 32<p>In a gui environment, you'll probably want a web browser.
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42requires GTK+, but not Gnome. Or you can try the <a href="http://links.twibright.com/">graphical 35requires GTK+, but not Gnome. Or you can try the <a href="http://links.twibright.com/">graphical
43version of links</a>.</p> 36version of links</a>.</p>
44 37
38<h3>SCRIPTING LANGUAGES</h3>
39<p>Although busybox has built-in support for shell scripts, plenty of other
40small scripting languages are available on the net. A few examples:</p>
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43<th><language></th>
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47<td> <a href=http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol5_3/tpj0503-0003.html>microperl</a> </td>
48<td> A small standalone perl interpreter that can be built from the perl source
49s via "make -f Makefile.micro". If you really feel the need for perl on an embe
50dded system, this is where to start.
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53
54<td><a href=http://www.lua.org/pil/>Lua</a></td>
55<td>If you just want a small embedded scripting language to write <em>new</en>
56code in, this Brazilian import is lightweight, fairly popular, and has
57a complete book about it online.</td>
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61<td><a href= http://www.star.le.ac.uk/%7Etjg/rc/>rc</a></td>
62<td>The PLAN9 shell. Not compatible with conventional bourne shell syntax,
63but fairly lightweight and small.</td>
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68<td><a href=http://www.forth.org>forth</a></td>
69<td>A well known language for fast and small programs, decades old but still
70in use for everything from OpenBIOS to computer controlled engine timing.</td>
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72</table>
73
45<p>For more information, you probably want to look at 74<p>For more information, you probably want to look at
46<a href=http://buildroot.uclibc.org>buildroot</a> and 75<a href=http://buildroot.uclibc.org>buildroot</a> and
47<a href=http://gentoo-wiki.com/TinyGentoo>TinyGentoo</a>, which 76<a href=http://gentoo-wiki.com/TinyGentoo>TinyGentoo</a>, which